Msg: Re: It's apparently closer than I thought . . .

Harry,

I could always be wrong about this, but per my (limited) understanding this referred to alternate desktops . . . which could have totally different stuff on it . . . with the ability to rapidly switch between them.  You might think of this as a partial, pseudo replacement for having two or three monitors, allowing you to have panoramic displays &/or lots more open app.s, each at a decent size.  The products from a company called Stardock -- Object Desktop and Windowblinds -- may have provided this functionality to earlier versions of Win as add-ons.  

In eCS, there is a grid at the lower left of the screen, for navigating between these desktops, and indicating which one you were currently in.  I found it all rather confusing, and so abstained from using this.  In either OS, I get by with a single desktop.

  
 Jordan

From: Harry Binswanger
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: It's apparently closer than I thought . . .

Jordan,

What is a virtual desktop anyway? (And does this mean that what we see on the screen with current Windows and Mac is a *real* desktop, not a representation of one? :) )

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/windows-9-set-to-launch-on-september-30-95384657789.html https://www.yahoo.com/tech/windows-9-set-to-launch-on-september-30-95384657789.html

But there are still a number of other things they should fix.

(eCS had a virtual desktops feature *ages ago*, though I never really got the hang of using it.)

Jordan
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